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A fair share of tax : a fiscal anthropology of contemporary Sweden
This book takes a taxpayer's perspective to the relations taxation creates between people and their state. Larsen proposes that in order to understand tax compliance and cheating, we have to look beyond law, psychological experiments and surveys to include tax collectors and taxpayers' practices. The text explores the view of taxes seen as citizen’s explicit economic relation to the state and…
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- 9783319697727
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- xiii, 136p. : ill.
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- 306.3 LAR f
Entrepreneurial cognition : exploring the mindset of entrepreneurs
This open access book investigates the inter-relationship between the mind and a potential opportunity to explore the psychology of entrepreneurship. Building on recent research, this book offers a broad scope investigation of the different aspects of what goes on in the mind of the (potential) entrepreneur as he or she considers the pursuit of a potential opportunity, the creation of a new or…
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- 9783319717821
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- xiii, 281p. : ill.
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- 658.421 SHE e
Reality lost : markets of attention, misinformation and manipulation
This open access book looks at how a democracy can devolve into a post-factual state. The media is being flooded by populist narratives, fake news, conspiracy theories and make-believe. Misinformation is turning into a challenge for all of us, whether politicians, journalists, or citizens. In the age of information, attention is a prime asset and may be converted into money, power, and influ…
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- 9783030008130
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- xxi, 144p. : ill.
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- 070.43 HEN r
Lessons in perception : the avant-garde filmmaker as practical psychologist
Lessons in Perception seeks to clarify notoriously elusive themes of the avant-garde with the use of existing research from the field of psychology. There is a long-standing history of reference to psychological concepts in relation to avant-garde film, such as its unique relationship to memory, visual perception, narrative comprehension, and synesthesia. Yet direct analysis of these topics in …
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- 9781785336423
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- XI, 213 p.
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- 611 TAB l
Cognition, language and aging
Age-related changes in cognitive and language functions have been extensively researched over the past half-century. The older adult represents a unique population for studying cognition and language because of the many challenges that are presented with investigating this population, including individual differences in education, life experiences, health issues, social identity, as well as gen…
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- 9789027267313
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- viii, 248p. : ill.
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- 408.46 COG c
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